CVE-2022-46391

Publication date 4 December 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
awstats	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 7.8-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 7.8-2ubuntu0.22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
awstats	Upstream: 3868233

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-5899-1
AWStats vulnerability
28 February 2023